What is SPLENDA®
No Calorie Sweetener?
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener contains sucralose
(SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener), the no calorie sweetener made from
sugar, so it tastes like sugar, with no unpleasant aftertaste.
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener can be used virtually anywhere
sugar is used. It can also be used in cooking and baking in a variety
of recipes. Like many no and low calorie sweeteners, each serving of
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener contains a very small amount of
common food ingredients, e.g., dextrose and/or maltodextrin, for
volume. Because the amount of these ingredients is so small,
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener still has an insignificant
calorie value per serving and meets FDA's standards for "no calorie"
sweeteners.

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener comes in two forms for consumers,
granular
and packet.
The granular form of SPLENDA® No Calorie
Sweetener measures and pours just like sugar. SPLENDA® Packets
provide a convenient way to add sweetness without guilt!

SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose.
It is
made through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and
converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener. The process
selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule
with three chlorine atoms. Chlorine is present naturally in many of the
foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day ranging from
lettuce, mushrooms and table salt. In the case of sucralose,
its
addition converts sucrose to sucralose,
which is essentially inert. The
result is an exceptionally stable sweetener that tastes like sugar, but
without sugar's calories. After consumption, sucralose passes through
the body without being broken down for energy, so it has no calories,
and the body does not recognize it as a carbohydrate.

The company is extremely proud of the strong clinical database that
supports the safety of sucralose,
the sweetening ingredient in all
SPLENDA® Sweetener Products, and we recognize that this strong
safety evidence is one of the many reasons why SPLENDA® No
Calorie Sweetener has been the number one low calorie sweetener in the
U.S. market place for more than three years.

The safety of sucralose
is well documented in more than 100 scientific
studies conducted over a 20-year period. In addition, sucralose
and,
specifically, the safety data on sucralose,
has been reviewed by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other national regulatory
agencies, as well as by international health authorities such as the
World Health Organization, and found to be safe for use by all
consumers, including children, pregnant women and people with diabetes.

Sucralose
has been available in international markets for more than 13
years. The FDA first approved the use of sucralose
as a nonnutritive
sweetener in 1998 and expanded this approval in 1999. Currently,
sucralose
is permitted for use in over 80 countries and it has never
been required to carry any safety information or warning statements on
its labeling.

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener is not sugar, it is a non-caloric
alternative to sugar. It gets its sweetness from sucralose
(also known
as SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener), which is made from sugar so it
tastes like sugar. SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener is manufactured
through a patented multi-step process that starts with cane sugar and
selectively replaces 3 hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule
with 3 chlorine atoms. Chlorine is present naturally in many of the
foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day ranging from
lettuce, mushrooms and table salt. In the case of sucralose,
its
addition converts sucrose to sucralose.

Sucralose
(or SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener), the high intensity
sweetener used in the SPLENDA® Products is not natural. It is a
no calorie sweetener that is made from a process that starts with
sugar. Although sucralose
has a structure like sugar and a sugar-like
taste, it is not natural. The advertising and packaging for
SPLENDA® Products do not represent the product as
“natural.”

No. The regulatory agencies and scientific review bodies that have
approved the use of SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener have not required
any warning or special information statements to be placed on the
labels of products sweetened with SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener. Back to Top

Can women who are pregnant or
nursing use SPLENDA® or products with SPLENDA® Brand
Sweetener?

Yes. The FDA has approved the use of sucralose
(or SPLENDA®
Brand Sweetener) for the general population and imposed no restrictions
on its consumption by pregnant women and nursing mothers.
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener may be used as part of a healthy
prenatal and postnatal diet.

Yes. Numerous studies have shown that SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener,
or sucralose,
is suitable for people with diabetes. Sucralose
is not
recognized by the body as sugar or as a carbohydrate. It is not
metabolized by the body for energy and does not affect blood glucose
levels. Sucralose
has no effect on carbohydrate metabolism or insulin
secretion. Foods and beverages sweetened with SPLENDA® Brand
Sweetener can provide good-tasting, lower-calorie alternatives for
people with diabetes who are interested in reducing their calorie or
sugar intake. As always, people with diabetes should consult their
doctors or diabetes healthcare professionals for advice on an
individualized dietary plan.

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener may be used as part of a healthy
diet that includes a variety of nutritious foods in moderate portions.
Because SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener tastes like sugar and can
be used for cooking and baking, it helps meet consumer demand for
good-tasting foods and beverages without all the empty calories of
sugar.